This is a Pfizer product one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world

I urge all couples who are active like @Bigchick,@McReggae,@washiku,@sheri and @I-n-I and who want plan their families to use condom and where possible to practice coitus-interruptus!

We can demonstrate this to them at a time of their choice, dear dada.

What kind of research reporting is that?

Is it likely that after getting Depo Jabs, women get more promiscuous? Or does Depo contain traces of HIV virus?

Its like saying that Probox cars cause more accidents without enumerating whether Proboxes are bad cars, or more likely to have bad drivers.

Exactly, @Kenmac! This research is purely hypothetical.

Let's do further research to disprove that warped hypothesis. And if their methodology was to administer DEPO, give condoms and then test for HIV after 6 months, the assumptions are too many and complex to make the results valid and reliable.

Though it is obvious that the higher rates of HIV are due to behavioural reasons and not the DEPO itself. DEPO is the most widely used contraceptive in Kenya since it is cheap and safe.

Behavioural why? A lady will have sex more often when she is sure she cannot get pregnant. The husband will also be more confident and the frequency of intercourse will increase. Women using a contraceptive method may also have multiple sexual partners. Fact: 99% of men and women don't use condoms on every sexual encounter.

Bluntly concluding, DEPO = HIV, is just scientifically inept. Those researchers should know better. No wonder WHO is on their case. What are the alternatives for poor women in Africa? Withdrawal, BTL, Pills, Implants, IUCDs? Condoms are a hard sell.

"Depo Provera Banned"-Njonjo. I say this headline when i was learning to read newspapers. Its only recently that i got to know its not the English version of "caitani Mutharabaini"

Ati Dr nani?

My take, If not HIV then Cancer or some other autoimmune disease. Why play around with hormones?

SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus) is between 30k and 75k years old. HIV is less than 40 years old we still have.... 30,000 - 40 years to get to the point at which monkeys are.... give or take a couple of years!

Still doesn't answer how Depo causes HIV.
If the study reported that Depo accelerates the progression of HIV to AIDS, your answer would make sense.

Thinking loud: Does Depo cause HIV? If two HIV negative women,one on Depo and the other on IUD,are exposed to HIV, does the one on Depo stand a higher chance to contract the virus?...if this is true, what mode of planning has the lowest rates of HIV infection? Why?